Frontline Debriefs: Acronymitis
I grew up in a Navy family. My father was a Naval Captain and my mother worked for…
Against All Odds: S.O.L.? AMK’s New Survival Kit to the Rescue
One thing that has always impressed me about S.W.A.T. Magazine is that just everything you see being reviewed here is actually reviewed. While contemplating what to work on for this month’s Against All Odds, I got an email from Simon Ashdown, PR Director for Adventure Medical Kits (AMK), detailing the new single-person survival kit that AMK had just released. Naturally I wanted to review it.
Against All Odds: Surviving The Jungle With Minimal Gear
When it comes to training, having to do something is a far better instructor than the comfort of…
Enemy at the Gate: Just Following Orders
In a recent letter to this magazine, J.R. Uhl, Colonel, U.S. Army (Ret.) observed that, “The Constitution and…
Training and Tactics: Retaliatory Defensive Shooting
You can dress a pig in a sweatsuit, but that doesn’t make him an Olympic athlete. And you…
Training and Tactics: The Myth of Muscle Memory
There are a lot of hackneyed phrases floating around out there these days. One of them is, if…
Enemy at the Gate: Vocal Minorities
Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the pages of S.W.A.T., Claire Wolfe returns…
Training and Tactics: The Trigger Fairy
Everything is perfect. It’s one of those Halcyon summer days: clear azure sky, gently wafting breeze, nobody on…
Training and Tactics: Triggernometry
Most school attendees have an innate dislike of mathematics. Unless looking toward a future vocation directly involving the…
Against All Odds: Etón FR-300 Emergency Radio
About 15 years ago, we were without power for ten days when a 220-inch snowfall snapped pine trees and took down power lines throughout Northern Alabama. I realize that a major snowfall doesn’t seem like much to all of you who live up North, but down South we don’t have the equipment to deal with it, since snowstorms in these parts are a rare event.